Profs Mike Lean and Roy Taylor shared findings from the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT), including the role of social support and using different strategies to support participants to maintain their weight loss on a low calorie diet.

Top Tip:

Diabetes subtypes exist from the rare to the common. Be humble and use all the tools you have to hand to get the right diagnosis - Professor Andrew Hattersley

Day 3

The main theme for the third and final day was immunology - we are making progress, but need people newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to take part in research.

One of the lectures looked at how good diabetes management is related to sleep. If you are interested in finding out more, read 'Why We Sleep' by Matthew Walker.

Mayank Patel looked at all aspects of diabetes education including the role of pop culture in diabetes education at a population level. The Diabetes Type 1: Origins comic book gives a flavour of this.

The final session on Friday saw some of the biggest names in diabetes research come together to share and celebrate the life-changing impact of our 80 year research legacy. Sir George Alberti challenged the diabetes community to really analyse what's gone before to get the maximum impact for every penny we spend on research moving forward.

Top Tip

You don't have to be a psychologist to talk to patients about their emotional health - Debbie Cooke